PYB007 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Self-Perception Theory
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The way communication reaches us and the way we interpret it, as well as the way we deal then respond to that communication and relay it to others, all begins with ourselves and the way we perceive ourselves. We must look at ourselves and the things that make us individuals. The aspects of ourselves that we could perhaps improve upon in order to help our communication with others. Things like personality and particularly tools such as humour (which could be used in the assignment) Perceptions of power and their influence on communication, and how to find a balance of power. Things that make you unique from others e. g. personality, beliefs, likes/dislikes etc. And there are some things that are considered to be relatively stable such as: These things may affect the way we communicate for example our age we communicate very differently now from the way we did when we were five years old.